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After months adrift at sea, migrants receive critical care in Indonesia

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Refugees at a temporary shelter in Aceh, Indonesia. They are part of a group of migrants who spent months on a boat, adrift at sea. © UNFPA Indonesia/Sandra Siagian

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Clinic helps end dangerous traditional practices in rural Bangladesh

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Mousomi Rani and her baby, Joni, receive post-natal care at the local clinic. Health staff are working to help community members abandon harmful practices and embrace modern maternal care. © Nicolas Axelrod/Ruom for UNFPA

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Shortage in funding threatens care for pregnant Syrian refugees

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Too many refugees lack access to adequate health care. Isra'a lost her newborn son when she could not pay for neonatal care. © UNFPA/David Brunetti

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The wait is over for safe births in rural Cambodia

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Senior midwife Yan Yan Phearen gives an antenatal exam to Net Pheak at the Waiting House for Pregnant Women with Complications, in Kratie, Cambodia. © Nicolas Axelrod/Ruom for UNFPA

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In remote Mongolia, telemedicine connects pregnant women to faraway care

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Altanchimeg, a midwife, delivers a baby in Ulaanbataar, the capital. She provides expert advice to provincial hospitals around Mongolia through the Telemedicine Network. © UNFPA Mongolia/Tim Jenkins

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Male midwife champions safe motherhood for South Sudan refugees

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Midwife Chris Kwikiriza gives a dignity kit, containing hygiene supplies, to a mother and her newborn at Biira Health Centre, near the Boroli refugee settlement. Despite widespread reluctance to use health facilities and male midwives, Mr. Kwikirize has become one of the most trusted midwives in the area. © UNFPA/Evelyn Kiapi

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Safe birth for Burundi refugees in Rwanda

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Midwife Philomene Nyirahabiyaremye (left) attends to Evelyne Kamurera (centre) and Chantal Uwamahoro (right) and their newborns in the maternity ward at Mahama Refugee Camp. She assists at least three deliveries every day. © UNFPA Rwanda/David Ssekyanzi

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One month after Nepal's quake, needs of women, girls still enormous

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Mobile reproductive health camps like this one, in Kavre District, are reaching thousands with life-saving health care, counselling and health information. © UNFPA Nepal

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Burundi refugees giving birth in unsafe conditions

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Tens of thousands of Burundian refugees are seeking shelter in Tanzania. On their way to safety, women are giving birth in unsafe conditions. Hundreds of cases of gender-based violence have been reported. © UNFPA Tanzania/Sawiche Wamunza

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Now Ebola-free, Liberia’s maternal health needs take centre stage

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After months adrift at sea, migrants receive critical care in Indonesia

Clinic helps end dangerous traditional practices in rural Bangladesh

Shortage in funding threatens care for pregnant Syrian refugees

The wait is over for safe births in rural Cambodia

In remote Mongolia, telemedicine connects pregnant women to faraway care

Male midwife champions safe motherhood for South Sudan refugees

Safe birth for Burundi refugees in Rwanda

One month after Nepal's quake, needs of women, girls still enormous

Burundi refugees giving birth in unsafe conditions

Now Ebola-free, Liberia’s maternal health needs take centre stage

After months adrift at sea, migrants receive critical care in Indonesia

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